Synonyms of jump-starting

jump-starting

verb

present participle of jump-start

as in stimulating

to give life, vigor, or spirit to

an intentionally provocative comment that was supposed to jump-start the discussion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stimulating
• energizing
• animating
• stirring
• arousing
• reviving
• activating
• enlivening
• awakening
• invigorating
• provoking
• electrifying
• driving
• vitalizing
• quickening
• exciting
• triggering
• bracing
• spiking
• strengthening
• lifting
• inspiring
• sparking
• firing
• propelling
• recreating
• boosting
• cheering
• vivifying
• motivating
• raising
• zipping (up)
• charging
• rousing
• awaking
• filliping
• rallying
• resurrecting
• moving
• jazzing (up)
• livening (up)
• pepping (up)
• gingering (up)
• juicing up
• amping (up)
• waking (up)
• renewing
• galvanizing
• reinvigorating
• motiving
• revitalizing
• infusing
• fomenting
• refreshing
• buoying
• actuating
• inciting
• impelling
• resuscitating
• rekindling
• instigating
• reawakening
• reactivating
• rejuvenating
• regenerating
• kindling
• fermenting
• fortifying
• recharging
• abetting
• reenergizing
• inflaming
• whipping (up)
• setting off
• turning on
• reanimating
• enkindling
• emboldening
• steeling
• restimulating
• refreshening
• reawaking
• heartening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killing
• undermining
• dampening
• draining
• wearing
• deadening
• dulling
• damping
• weakening
• sapping
• exhausting
• harassing
• slowing
• inhibiting
• curbing
• debilitating
• checking
• restraining
• knocking out
• enervating
• wearing out
• burning out
• suppressing
• doing in
• washing out
• quelling
• wearying
• fatiguing
• quenching
• stunting
• repressing
• discouraging
• enfeebling
• stilling
• kayoing
• daunting
• demoralizing
• fagging
• tuckering (out)
• disheartening
• jading
• dispiriting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jump-starting

Last month, Raman tried without success to put a measure on the June 2 ballot that would have scaled back the types of properties covered by the tax, in hopes of jump-starting apartment construction. —Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026

The United States is preparing to take control of tens of millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil as part of a sweeping, three-phase strategy aimed at stabilizing the country, jump-starting its economy and steering toward a political transition, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. —Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026

Wideout coach Jovon Bouknight is now Wyoming’s OC, and he will be charged with jump-starting an offense that’s been even more anemic than CSU’s at 20 points per game (11th in the Mountain West). —Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025

And late in Thursday’s game, Sturm moved him over to wing and slotted Zacha at center in the hopes of jump-starting the trio. —Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025

The online marketplace isn’t the only one jump-starting the holiday shopping season with early specials. —Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025